meek - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • earth: The people of God are ordinarily called the humble and meek of the earth.
  • heart: Instead it is the poor, the lowly the meek of heart to whom these special insights have been revealed.

Preposition: as

  • lamb: The player who proves to be as meek as a lamb always ends up in a stew.

Modifies a noun

  • will: Let us hope that the meek will indeed, inherit the earth!
  • man: Jesus was no meek, subdued broken man at this point.
  • soul: Can her meek soul my father's rage encounter?
  • spirit: All the more complete and beautiful was her meek spirit of obedience.
  • creature: Comment on the phrase " meek mild creatures " .
  • surrender: For once I'd prefer death or glory, rather than meek surrender.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: Yet again, we meet a very meek group, from Salford Univ, who were camping next to us.
  • not: Others are bold and firm, but not meek and gentle.
  • too: Lynn Farleigh's convincing matriarch, however, towers over the all too meek and still daughters.
  • quite: Indeed, I felt quite meek, compared to the reaction of the audience.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: He seemed very meek at the time, so I thought, " Aha, here's someone I can boss around.

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